Therapy: Does It Work?

Science Vs

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Education, Science, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 9 September 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Our mental health has taken a turn for the worse the past couple of years. We keep hearing that therapy can help, but it can be a big investment of time and money. So is it worth it? How often does therapy really help people? To find out, we talked to Jacquelyn Revere and psychologists Dr. Jonathan Shedler, Professor Bunmi Olatunji and Dr. Nancy McWilliams. Here’s a link to our transcript: https://bit.ly/2X9Ylzp Note: in this episode we discuss mental health. Please take care when listening to the show, and here are some resources: SAMHSA's National Helpline US: 1-800-662-HELP (4357) National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). International mental health hotlines: https://unitedgmh.org/mental-health-support Check out Jacquelyn Revere’s tiktok and Instagram accounts. This episode was produced by Meryl Horn with help from Wendy Zukerman, Rose Rimler, Nick DelRose, Michelle Dang, Taylor White, and Ekedi Fausther-Keeys. We’re edited by Blythe Terrell. Fact checking by Diane Kelly and Eva Dasher. Mix and sound design by Bumi Hidaka. Music written by Bumi Hidaka, Peter Leonard, Marcus Bagala, Emma Munger and Bobby Lord. Thanks to the researchers we got in touch with for this episode, including Dr. Felicitas Rost, Dr. Bruce Wampold, Dr. David Taylor, Professor Julie Ancis, Professor Stefan, Hofmann, Dr. Erlanger Turner, Dr. Janee Steele, Professor Marvin Goldfried and Professor Elizabeth Lunbeck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Rose Rimler, filling in for Wendy Zuckerman.
0:03.0	She'll be back soon, and you're listening to Science Vs from Gimlet.
0:06.8	This is the show that pits facts against Freud.
0:12.0	On today's show, Therapy.
0:13.8	Does it actually work?
0:20.8	And before we jump in, talking about therapy means we'll be discussing mental health.
0:24.9	So if you're feeling depressed or if you just want to talk to someone in the US, you
0:28.9	can call the National Mental Health Helpline.
0:31.5	The number is 1-800-662-HELP.
0:35.0	What's 1-800-662-4357?
0:39.2	The number will be in the show notes, along with other resources.
0:42.7	Okay, onto the show.
0:45.2	This past year or two has been kind of a nightmare, and for many of us, we're having a really
0:49.9	hard time dealing with it.
0:51.8	If you need data to back this up, here it is.
0:55.4	The US government did a survey earlier this year and found that more than 40% of people
1:00.4	reported symptoms of anxiety or depression.
1:04.0	More than 40%.
1:05.0	That's way more than before the pandemic.
1:08.5	So what can we do about this?
1:10.3	Well, one thing a lot of people turn to or think about turning to is therapy.
1:15.6	There are ads for it all over our podcasts and on Facebook.
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